Israel Warns of 'Full-Scale War' if Palestinian Authority Launches Oct. 7-Style Attack
- On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the military is preparing for "all-out war" in the West Bank if Palestinian Authority forces launch an attack similar to October 7.
- Following a stabbing attack near Nablus, Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the IDF to prepare for the scenario to prevent an intifada "lasting for years."
- Under the proposed plan, Israel would target Palestinian Authority officials with measures including targeted killings, resident evacuations, and continued military presence in cleared areas, Katz said.
- Katz presented the initiative as a contingency measure, asserting it would activate only if Israel witnesses major security deterioration and obtains intelligence of a large-scale assault.
- While Katz claims West Bank terrorism is at its lowest level in decades, the strategy draws comparisons to previous IDF operations in Gaza and Lebanon.
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The stabbing of an Israeli settler has sparked threats of full-scale war against the Palestinian Authority amid escalating violence in the West Bank.
Israel threatened on Monday the Palestinian Authority with "a total war in the event of an attack on its army or Jewish colonies in the West Bank similar to that of 7 October 2023 by Hamas in Gaza," reports AFP, taken by Agerpres. This unusual warning, rejected by the Palestinian authorities, which denounces an attempt "to fuel the conflict in ...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warns that any attack similar to the 7-October attack on settlements in the West Bank will lead to a major military response against the Authority's leaders
Israel threatened on Monday the Palestinian Authority with a "total war in the event of an attack on its army or Jewish colonies in the West Bank similar to that of 7 October 2023 committed by Hamas in Gaza," AFP reports.
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